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by billv
Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:08 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Summertime clothing options for CC
Replies: 52
Views: 6632

Re: Summertime clothing options for CC

I've been using a heavy duty belt made for pistols, from Blackhawk with cargo shorts. That holds my Serpa retention holster with my XDM 45. That's a heavy gun and I need to keep the belt tight to keep the gun upright or else is flops to the side. On the weak side I have a single Galco leather double...
by billv
Mon May 09, 2011 12:10 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: NW Harris County Teen Injured in Accidental Shooting
Replies: 8
Views: 1350

Re: NW Harris County Teen Injured in Accidental Shooting

What makes me suspicious is "teen cleaning out a cabinet". Right. What teenager cleans anything? Unless he was making room for his stash
by billv
Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:46 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: open carry
Replies: 171
Views: 35406

Re: open carry

* OC is, unequivocally, faster to draw from than CC. Period. CCers can argue all they want how pretty darn close they can get, but an unobstructed pistol at 3:00 OWB is always the benchmark. If it were faster to draw from concealment, you'd never see a gun because police officers would conceal all ...
by billv
Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:14 am
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Houston: Fatal shooting at Worthing High School
Replies: 14
Views: 2254

Re: Houston: Fatal shooting at Worthing High School

In North Carolina, there is a bill in the legislature to allow concealed carry into restaurants and parks. Yes it's currently illegal to carry into a restaurant that serves alcohol in NC. This bill has passed the House but had an amendment that allowed firearms to be banned from municipal parks with...
by billv
Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:51 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: open carry
Replies: 171
Views: 35406

Re: open carry

As for LEO's and OC in Texas, they already know the laws (or should) on concealed carry and this law doesn't change anything but allow one to open carry. The LEO, seeing someone with a firearm, can assume that the person is licensed. Any LEO seeing someone openly carrying a gun will be justified to...
by billv
Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:02 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: open carry
Replies: 171
Views: 35406

Re: open carry

First I'm for open carry and for this bill (or any other bill that provides OC). I think society is best served by a combination of people that carry both openly and concealed. Keeps the BG's guessing. For me I will likely carry partially concealed in a retention holster. As for LEO's and OC in Texa...
by billv
Tue Mar 22, 2011 2:43 pm
Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
Topic: Grapevine PD
Replies: 24
Views: 4957

Re: Grapevine PD

The OP mentioned a tow truck operator that swept up the debris. Perhaps it fell from the packet the office had and the tow truck operator picked it up. He might have meant to return it to the OP and forgot or perhaps wanted to keep it. Or it fell on the floor or under the seat of the police car.
by billv
Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:19 pm
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Guns missing from Netanyahu's luggage
Replies: 5
Views: 1753

Re: Guns missing from Netanyahu's luggage

Something doesn't sound right with that.

Why is he flying American Airlines and not El Al? Is he and his security detail not entering us US under Diplomatic credentials so his luggage would have been handled as diplomatic status?

This doesn't pass the smell test.

Well, either way, it stinks.
by billv
Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:37 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Missouri City, Homeowner shoots, kills burglar
Replies: 11
Views: 1666

Missouri City, Homeowner shoots, kills burglar

http://www.click2houston.com/news/27192385/detail.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Missouri City police said the shooting happened in the 900 block of Bolton Drive shortly after 1 p.m. The homeowner said he was home when two men came to his front door and knocked. Since ...
by billv
Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:43 am
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Open Carry News Tidbit
Replies: 78
Views: 14153

Re: Open Carry News Tidbit

And don't forget that Texas has size, wording, and posting-visibly requirements, and very few businesses post enforceable signs. I think most people would still carry concealed almost all the time and the status-quo we have now would go right on going into the ages. So if I got this right, then the...
by billv
Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:45 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: 1/2 of Police Force in Camden NJ to let go!
Replies: 37
Views: 5869

Re: 1/2 of Police Force in Camden NJ to let go!

So let's see who's to blame for this? The Union for the officers refused to accept a lower pay offer that would have brought back 100 officers of the 167 laid off. According to the article: "he average rank-and-file officer has a salary and benefits worth $140,000 a year" http://www.nj.com...
by billv
Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:20 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Fired because of gun
Replies: 155
Views: 24615

Re: Fired because of gun

KaiserB ... Did you even read this or did you just pull out things. MY HUSBAND WAS FIRED WITHOUT BEING TOLD NO GUNS. NO HE WAS NOT A SECURITY GUARD NEVER TRIED TO ACT LIKE. THE COMPANY WAS PUTTING HIS LIFE IN DANGER MY MAKING HIM CARRY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN CASH THAT WAS HANDED TO HIM BY PEOPLE H...
by billv
Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:27 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Man shoots peeping tom in SW Houston
Replies: 17
Views: 2649

Re: Man shoots peeping tom in SW Houston

Disturbing story from Houston: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7446019.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; If the story is accurate, then sounds like there was no self defense involved. Sounds more like an execution and the guy should be tried for murder i...
by billv
Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:35 pm
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Hou Chron article today on Campus Carry
Replies: 34
Views: 5149

Re: Hou Chron article today on Campus Carry

Pretty good article. This guy's comment "bugs me": Frankie Shulkin, a first-year law student at the University of Texas, said he doesn't think he'd feel safer if other students in his classes had guns. "If I was taking an exam and knew the person next to me had one, I don't know how ...
by billv
Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:29 am
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Gun violence as a "civil rights" issue
Replies: 21
Views: 2704

Re: Gun violence as a "civil rights" issue

Lewis Duiguid?

how is that pronounced? like "Let Us Do Good"?

Hmmm. do I smell a pseudonym?

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